Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-03
TIE rnAnFun STORMS.


i'm Great Danger.
READING, Pa, Feb. ga furions
| snow-storm commenced early this morn
ing, and continued to noon, followed by
heavy rain, flooding cellars and streets in
the lower part of the city. All passenger
| trains were delayed over an hour. One
street-car line ceased running this morn
ing.
P1rrsBURa, Feb. 26.--The heaviest rain
/ of the season set In before daylight this
morning and continued all day. the total
fall exceeding two inches in IL hours.
| River men are predicting a high stage OF
water, but do not anticipate food.
HARRIsBuRo, Pa, Feb. 26,--The
| heaviest snow-storm of this winter oc-
CURED to-day and continued until noon,
| when rain commenced to fall. The snow
reached a depth of ~ Inches and seriously
| interfered with travel.
ERIE, Pa, Feb. 26.-The storm wave
| which struck this section this evening
| BROUGHT death and destruction with it.
| Joseph Geist, a Mill Creek farmer, was
struck by demolished building and had
his neck broken. Another employe,
named Station, was also injured in the
same accident.
SHENANDoAH, Pa, Feb. 26.-The fercest
snow. storm of the season began here ut
o'clock this morning and continued until
O'Clock this afternoon, when II turned
to rain. All the collieries in the region
were compelled to suspend operations
| during the forenoon, and the trains on
all railroads are from one to three hours
late.
| Lyons. N. Y, Feb. 26.--The severest
/ gale of wind in this locality in years pre-
\ vailed here all day and did much damage.
| Roofs have been torn away from build
/ ings, especially on farm honses, and
strongly built church steeples have rock ed
/ in the wind In villages in this immediate
vicinity business has been almost sns-
pended because of the difficulty and
danger in going about the streets during
the wind.
RouNDouT, N. Y, Feb 26.-The worst
snow storm of the winter along the Hud-
son river p-evailed here to-day, aud snow
| is still falling heavily tonight This is
| the 99th consecutive day of sleighing
along the Central Hudson The heavy
snow impedes travel.
WINDOW, MINI, Feb eS.-The people
of Window are in imminent danger of
| freezing for want of fuel. There are only
two care Ut wood here and not lump of
coal, and residents are forced to burn
their fences and lumber piles. To add to
1 the seriousness of the situation the biz
card of Saturday, the severest einoe 1871,
covered the railroad with several feet Of
snow. All the men available were put to
| work shoveling the road clear but no train
can arrive fer some days.
THE WORST STORM OF THE SEASON FOR WIS
ooNsN RAILROADS.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, Feb. 28.-The storm
of Saturday and yesterday was the worst
of the season as far us railroads were CON-
cerned- II seems to have swept entirely
across the state and disabled all the roads
entering this city. No freight trains
were moved Saturday night or
yesterday, all engines being de-
devoted TO getting passenger trains
through. These were moved on all lines
with great difficulty. Several passenger
trains were blocked at different points for
some time. one on the Milwaukee, Lake
Shore d Western being stuck in q drift
for 20 hours near Sheboygan.
HIGH WINDS AND IMMENSE SNOW DRIFTS.
PLYMOUTH, WIS, Feb. rs. Saturdays
storm proved the worst of the winter.
The extent of snow fall was light COM
pared with previous storms but the high
wind which prevailed all day and night
placed an embargo on the movement OF
trains. Freights were delayed in reaching
the city and have remained abandoned
since.
The Green Bay express was blocked in
a cut mile south of the city and, despite
the assistance of snow-plow and
shovelers, was not extrioated until Sun
day afternoon.
The blockade is reported worst between
here and Milwaukee. The temperatur,
lowered rapidly last night. This is tn,
first interruption of trains on the Mil
waukee d Northern road this winter.